Cyperus aromaticus

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Cyperus aromaticus

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Description

Inflorescence subglobose, consisting of a terminal head and some smaller sessile ones in the axils of the involucral bracts, all confluent into a head c. 1 cm ø.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, E. Africa, Singapore I
Native to E. Africa; in Malesia introduced and naturalized in Singapore I.; the earliest collection is from 1941; nowadays very abundant.

Notes

Also introduced into Ceylon, Solomon Is., Samoa and in Fiji, where it is spreading rapidly and has become a noxious weed of pastures in the wet zone. See .
The Malesian specimens belong to the stout var. elatus (STEUD.) KÜK.

Citation

KERN 1954 – In: Reinwardtia: 62
KOYAMA 1970 – In: Bot. Mag. Tokyo: 186